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| 1 | Electoral College, historyby mattsteve | 17 terms | March 25, 2009 |
| 2 | Electoral college 2by Victor12 | 17 terms | October 28, 2009 |
| 3 | electoral collegeby umballa123 | 21 terms | February 7, 2008 |
| 4 | Electoral college vocabby Victor12 | 16 terms | October 23, 2009 |
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| 5 | SS 11-17-08by tigerknortz96 | 3 terms | November 18, 2008 |
| 6 | Govt Test 2: Electoral College, Campaigning Fot President, Campaign Financeby slbalter | 37 terms | July 21, 2008 |
| 7 | C&E Goal 4: Voting & the Electoral Collegeby tropicanasun141 | 14 terms | January 15, 2009 |
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| electoral college definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | the body of electors who formally elect the united states president and vice-president | 47 sets | |
| 2 | a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president | 28 sets | |
| 3 | group of persons chosen in each state and the district of columbia every four years who make a formal selection of the president and vice president | 14 sets | |
| 4 | a group selected by the states to elect the president and the vice-president, in which each state's number of electors is equal to the number of its senators and representatives in congress | 7 sets | |
| 5 | a group of people who would be named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president | 5 sets | |
| 6 | the indirect way of selecting a president set up by the framers | 5 sets | |
| 7 | number each state gets is based on the number of representatives and the number of senators that state has. need 270 to win election | 5 sets | |
| 8 | a special group of voters selected by their state's voters to vote for the president and vice president | 5 sets | |
| 9 | group of electors from each state who elect the president | 5 sets | |
| 10 | a group chosen by citizens to vote for the president | 5 sets | |
| 11 | the body that elects the president. | 5 sets | |
| 12 | group of people chosen by the people of each state who vote for president | 4 sets | |
| 13 | a group selected by the states to elect the president and the vice-president, in which each state's number of electors is equal to the number of its senators and representatives in congress. | 4 sets | |
| 14 | the electoral system used in electing the president and vice president, in which voters vote for electors pledged to cast their ballots for a particular party's candidates. | 4 sets | |
| 15 | group of electors from every state who meet every four years to vote for the president and vice president of the us | 4 sets | |
| 16 | a body of individuals which elect the president and vice president of the united states. the constitution created this body, which consists of gatherings of state electors in each state to formally cast their ballots for a candidate for whom they have pledged to vote. today, the electoral college is basically a formality. in the past, however, on at least two occasions, a president was elected based on the electoral college, even though he lost the popular vote. | 4 sets | |
| 17 | the group of presidential electors who cast the official votes for president and vice president after a presidential election. each state has a number of electors equal to the total of its members in the senate and house of representatives. the functioning of the electoral college is provided for in article ii of the u.s. constitution and amended by the twelfth and twenty-third amendments. | 4 sets | |
| 18 | the group that makes the formal selection of the nation's president | 4 sets | |
| 19 | the system used in electing the president and vice president, in whihc voters vote for electors pledged to cast their ballots for a particular party's candidates. | 4 sets | |
| 20 | a set of electors who are empowered to elect a candidate to a particular office. | 4 sets | |
| 21 | group that makes the formal selection of the nation's president | 3 sets | |
| 22 | the process in which americans select the president and vice president. | 3 sets | |
| 23 | a certain number of electors from each state proportional to and seemingly representative of that state's population. each elector chooses a candidate believing they are representing their constituency's choice. the candidate who receives a higher proportion of electoral votes within a state receives all the electoral votes for that state. | 3 sets | |
| 24 | the people chosen to cast each states votes in a presidential election | 3 sets | |
| 25 | the system that the united states used and still uses to elect the president. each state has a number of electoral votes based on the number of representatives it has in congress. the system showed the lack of trust the founding fathers had in the common man. | 3 sets | |
| 26 | group set up by each state to cast votes for the president. the electors are expected to vote for the candidate who won the popular vote in the state. | 3 sets | |
| 27 | the official vote for the president of the united states | 3 sets | |
| 28 | the people chosen to cast each state's votes in a presidential election. each state can cast one electoral vote for each senator and representative it has. the district of columbia has three electoral votes, even though it cannot elect a representative or senator. | 3 sets | |
| 29 | a certain number of electors from each state proportional to and seemingly representative of that state’s population. each elector chooses a candidate believing they are representing their constituency’s choice. the candidate who receives a higher proportion of electoral votes within a state receives all the electoral votes for that state. | 3 sets | |
| 30 | group of electors from every state who meet every four years to vote for the president and vice president of the united states | 3 sets | |
| 31 | a body of electors chosen by voters to cast ballots for president and vice president | 3 sets | |
| 32 | a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president. | 3 sets | |
| 33 | a unique american institution, created by the constitution, providing for the selection of the president by electors chosen by the state parties. although the electoral college vote usually reflects a popular majority, the winner-take-all rule gives clout to big states. | 3 sets | |
| 34 | the group which actually elects the president and vice-president of the u.s. a candidate has to get 270 electoral votes to win. number of representatives + number of senators = number of electoral votes in each state. | 3 sets | |
| 35 | the name for the "indirect" process by which the people elect the president. the "electors" are determined by the number of representatives each state (including washington, d.c.) has in the house of representatives and senate. in a presidential election year the "electors" meet in their respective state capitals on the first monday after the second wednesday to "vote" for the president. | 3 sets | |
| 36 | a group of people who elect the president and the vice president | 3 sets | |
| 37 | the presidential electors from each state who meet after the popular election to cast ballots for president and vice president | 3 sets | |
| 38 | a group selected to elect the president, in which each state's number of electors in equal to the number of its senators and representatives in congress | 3 sets | |
| 39 | # of representatives & senators for each state | 3 sets | |
| 40 | used in electing the president and vice president, in which voters vote for electors pledged to cast their ballot for a particualr party's candidtes. | 3 sets | |